Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 824
By the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senator Truenow
581-02468-26 2026824c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to inventory of unimproved real
3 property owned by school districts; creating s.
4 1013.041, F.S.; defining terms; requiring each school
5 district to annually submit to the Department of
6 Education an inventory of certain real property;
7 specifying requirements for the inventory; requiring
8 the department to compile the districts’ inventories
9 into an annual report; specifying requirements for the
10 report; requiring the department to publish the report
11 online annually by a specified date; requiring the
12 department to deliver copies of the report to the
13 Governor and the Legislature; providing that school
14 districts that do not comply with the act are subject
15 to enforcement; providing an effective date.
16
17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19 Section 1. Section 1013.041, Florida Statutes, is created
20 to read:
21 1013.041 Statewide inventory of unimproved real property
22 owned by school districts.—
23 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
24 (a) “District” means a school district as described in s.
25 1001.30.
26 (b) “Unimproved real property” means any parcel of land
27 owned in whole or in part by a school district which contains no
28 vertical improvements, including, but not limited to, buildings,
29 permanent structures, or constructed facilities.
30 (2) DATA COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS.—
31 (a) Each school district shall annually submit to the
32 department a complete inventory of all unimproved real property
33 owned by the district as of June 30 of that year.
34 (b) For each parcel, the district must provide all of the
35 following:
36 1. Parcel identification number;
37 2. Acreage;
38 3. Location by address or a geographic description;
39 4. Date of acquisition;
40 5. Price paid at acquisition;
41 6. Current or planned use, if any; and
42 7. Fair market value, calculated using:
43 a. The most recent county property appraiser assessed
44 market value; or
45 b. A district-commissioned appraisal completed within the
46 previous 24 months.
47 (c) The inventory must be submitted in a format prescribed
48 by the department.
49 (3) STATEWIDE REPORT.—The department shall compile the
50 districts’ inventories provided under subsection (2) into a
51 statewide annual report, which must include all of the
52 following:
53 (a) Total statewide acreage of all unimproved real property
54 owned by school districts.
55 (b) Aggregate statewide fair market value of such property.
56 (c) A district-by-district breakdown, including all of the
57 following:
58 1. Total number of parcels;
59 2. Total acreage;
60 3. Total fair market value;
61 4. A list of parcels by parcel identification number and
62 acreage; and
63 5. Intended use of the unimproved real property, if any.
64 (d) Recommendations based on trends or findings that the
65 department determines relevant to effective statewide land
66 utilization or long-range facilities planning.
67 (4) PUBLICATION.—
68 (a) The department shall publish the statewide report on
69 its website by December 1 of each year.
70 (b) The department shall deliver copies of the report to
71 the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
72 the House of Representatives.
73 (5) COMPLIANCE.—A school district that fails to timely
74 comply with subsection (2) is subject to oversight enforcement
75 authority as provided in s. 1008.32.
76 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.